lámhaigh
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Irish lámaigid. By surface analysis, lámh + -igh.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): (before a subject pronoun) /ˈl̪ˠɑːvˠə/, (elsewhere) /ˈl̪ˠɑːvˠɪɟ/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠɑːwə/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): (before a subject pronoun) /ˈl̪ˠɑːvwə/, (elsewhere) /ˈl̪ˠɑːwiː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): (before a subject pronoun) /ˈl̪ˠãːwə/, (elsewhere) /ˈl̪ˠãːwiː/
Verb
[edit]lámhaigh (present analytic lámhaíonn, future analytic lámhóidh, verbal noun lámhú, past participle lámhaithe)
- to handle (feel or hold with the hand), touch
- to manipulate (influence or manage; handle and move a body part), treat
- (medicine) to palpate
- to assault, seize, manhandle
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of lámhaigh (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
Further reading
[edit]- “lámhaigh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “lámaigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “láṁuiġim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 417
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lámhaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 50
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠɑːvˠɪɟ/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈl̪ˠɑːwə/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): (before a subject pronoun) /ˈl̪ˠɑːvwə/, (elsewhere) /ˈl̪ˠɑːwiː/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): (before a subject pronoun) /ˈl̪ˠãːwə/, (elsewhere) /ˈl̪ˠãːwiː/
Noun
[edit]lámhaigh